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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Project Report on Cement Industry in India-Finance Topic

Finance Project Report on Cement Industry in India

Dissertation Topic on Cement Industry in India

Thesis, Research Proposals, Research Papers, Case Studies and MBA Synopsis on Cement Industry in India

Cement sector has witnessed an impressive run over the
past few years, with an improvement seen across key operational parameters such
as operating rates, prices and profitability. Housing sector is the single
largest consumer of cement in India.
Over the last 5 years, India
has witnessed a real estate boom, especially in the metros and tier I cities.
This has been the primary driver for cement demand, which has grown at a
healthy CAGR of 9.3 per cent over the past 5 years.

Going forward, CRISIL Research expects cement demand
growth from housing segment to slow down. However, this will be offset to an
extent by an increase in cement consumption from the infrastructure sector. In
addition, an increase in independent housing projects in semi-urban and rural
areas will provide support to cement demand. As a result, we expect cement
demand to register a CAGR of 7.8 per cent over the next 5 years.

Within infrastructure, we believe that road projects
will be a key driver for cement demand. Cement consumption in road projects
will grow significantly on account of an increase in expenditure on road
projects as well as an increase in cement intensity for the construction of
roads. Increase in use of paver blocks, construction of flyovers and bridges,
and increasing proportion of concrete roads as compared to bituminous roads
will lead to an increase in cement intensity in roads construction.

While cement demand growth is expected to slow down
marginally, we expect significant capacity additions in future (around 90
million tonnes of cement capacity to be added over the next 5 years). Majority
of the capacity additions are expected in south India (around 45 per cent of total
capacity additions). Unlike previous capex cycles where a number of new
companies set up cement capacities, this time around majority of the capacity
additions will be by existing cement players.

Due to significant capacity additions over the next 2
years, we expect cement operating rates to fall form 88 per cent in 2008-09 and
bottom out at 77 per cent in 2010-11 before recovering to 87 per cent 2013-14.
In terms of regions, south and east will face the maximum decline in operating
rates; they are expected fall below 75 per cent. For the other regions - north,
west and central, the decline in operating rates will be lower.

Due to a fall in operating rates, we expect cement
prices to fall by around 5 per cent in 2009-10 and 8 per cent in 2010-11. As a
result, player profitability will be negatively impacted and we expect a 50-100
bps dip in operating margins in 2009-10 and 500-700 bps dip in 2010-11. A
decline in power & fuel and freight cost will help arrest a decline in
operating profits in 2009-10 to an extent.